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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards rock formations along the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park. "Caption reads: "Angle Rock Bend on the... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A retouched photographic postcard view across water towards rock formations along the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park. The caption reads: "LaCroix... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard elevated view of the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park, with a large rock outcropping and pine trees in the foreground. Captio... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | River guide Bev Dennis is poling a canoe upstream through "The Falls" of the upper Bois Brule River. There is an armchair style seat in the front of the ca... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A rustic log footbridge crosses the Bois Brule River at the Superior Brule Club. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackene... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A young boy wearing knickers, high stockings and a jacket is watching two swans on the Mullet River. A bridge and the rear of commercial buildings are in t... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View of a submarine launch at the Manitowoc shipyards. Caption reads: "Launching of the "Peto", Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two canoes are pulled up on the shoreline in the Flambeau River State Forest. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs (Burke), wearing a patterned short-sleeve blouse, shorts, and a flower in her hair, is sitting in the front of a canoe on the Namakagon River i... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings-Rice Lake, Wis." A country road curves into the distance next to a river. On the right, a rocky bluff was excavated for the... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Meandering Stream Near Richland Center, Wis." Elevated view of a stream, probably the Pine River or a tributary, winding through a va... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Birdseye, Business Center, Richland Center, Wis." An aerial view, looking north, of the town situated between tree covered hills. The... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a dam, bridge over the river and part of the town with many trees. Caption reads: "The Dam, on the Apple River - Somerset, Wis." |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs is lounging in a cedar strip canoe with green canvas covering, along the shoreline of the Namakagon River. Mary has a yellow bow in her hair. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Arrowhead Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor. The bridge connected Superior, Wisconsin, with Duluth, Minnesota, over the St. Louis River.... |
| Date: | 08 16 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior, Wis." Large Letter style postcard with a scene in the background of a fisherman on a Northern Wisconsin lake... |
| Date: | 08 07 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Big Manitou Falls, Ht. 165 Ft., Pattison State Park, Superior, Wis." The falls are on the Black River and surrounded by shrubs and ro... |
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